The colin_p appreciation summer sun and storm thread 2024

[Hammer67]

Chicken Chaser said:

p1stonhead said:

Yep. Us too in Dorking. I got the bloody paddling pool out for the kids yesterday in anticipation! Yes I know it was wildly optimistic but it was forecast all week!

Pathetic.

I don't need no paddling pool, nature has kindly created a pond on the grass.

My cricket club has one of those. Play due to commence in 3 weeks. Not.

[Blib]

s6boy said:

Blib said:

Towards Thorpeness this morning. Since then it has clouded over. Though it is warm.

How's the coastal erosion been over winter in Thorpeness Blib? I was sad to see Richard Moores house had to be knocked down, lovely place.

I've not noticed any change in Thorpeness. Though, I'm not a regular visitor to that particular part of the coast and I only walk from Thorpeness south to Aldeburgh.

Walberswick's dunes are almost completely denuded in parts. It's now mostly only single file on top and in places they've almost been breached.

The beach is now shingle any time other than very low tide.

Southwold's beach has also been inundated with shingle for the most part this winter.

Aldeburgh, Sizewell, Dunwich & Kessingland are unchanged to my eye.

Here's Southwold today. It was so windy this morning that the sea was at an angle. Beautiful sunshine which persists.






(Dog for scale).

(Get Carter, you've got nothing on me. )

[Puggit]

High pressure to the south... https://x.com/metoffice/status/1777022995581542496

[Bill]

Lovely, if windy, today. Spent most of it outside including a beer! Pork steaks on the BBQ now.

Finally feels like we might have turned a corner...

[Timothy Bucktu]

I have an announcement.
Spring has now officially sprung because I got a bit sunburnt yesterday!

[Puggit]

Partial eclipse will be visible for western areas tonight, but the forecast is not good...



(do I really need to tell you not to look at the sun?)

[JakeT]

Well, seeing as most of us haven’t seen it since last year a reminder might not be a bad thing.

[Cold]

JakeT said:

Well, seeing as most of us haven’t seen it since last year a reminder might not be a bad thing.

Yes, remind us what the sun is again please.

[Faust66]

Hope Colin is okay where ever he might be (didn't know about his alleged NP&E 'activities' as I try to steer clear of all the fun and games over there...)

Anyway, I'm another person who dislikes the heat with a passion. Hope all you sunny types enjoy basking away in the heat, BBQs and dodging bloody wasps... I'll try to keep the negative vibes to a minimum.

Pretty hardcore weather in the Peak District yesterday: fairly cold for the time of year, intense heavy rain at times blown by seriously strong winds - I look a bit sunburnt today as my face was basically sand blasted for several hours.

Excellent weather to walk 12 ish miles in.

I'm no awesome photographer (GetCarter's pics are a major highlights of the weather threads for me) BWTF... near Kinder Scout, yesterday when it wasn't blowing a raging gale:

Edited by Faust66 on Monday 8th April 10:45

[p1stonhead]

Faust66 said:

Hope Colin is okay where ever he might be (didn't know about his alleged NP&E 'activities' as I try to steer clear of all the fun and games over there...)

Anyway, I'm another person who dislikes the heat with a passion. Hope all you sunny types enjoy basking away in the heat, BBQs and dodging bloody wasps... I'll try to keep the negative vibes to a minimum.

Pretty hardcore weather in the Peak District yesterday: fairly cold for the time of year, intense heavy rain at times blown by seriously strong winds - I look a bit sunburnt today as my face was basically sand blasted for several hours.

Excellent weather to walk 12 ish miles in.

I'm no awesome photographer (GetCarter's pics are a major highlights of the weather threads for me) BWTF... near Kinder Scout, yesterday when it wasn't blowing a raging gale:

I’m not a big heat lover too, but even I have recently been thinking ‘how bad could 40 degrees really be. I don’t really remember from
a couple years ago maybe i could go for a bit of that’

Goes to show how fking long it’s been since it’s been even remotely nice outside because when I slap myself I remember how miserable it was!

[Puggit]

I missed the 40 degrees as I was enjoying 36 degrees in Corfu

[p1stonhead]

Puggit said:

I missed the 40 degrees as I was enjoying 36 degrees in Corfu

It was fking awful. Like really awful. And I have AC at home!

[Faust66]

p1stonhead said:

I’m not a big heat lover too, but even I have recently been thinking ‘how bad could 40 degrees really be. I don’t really remember from
a couple years ago maybe i could go for a bit of that’

Goes to show how fking long it’s been since it’s been even remotely nice outside because when I slap myself I remember how miserable it was!

Oh, I remember the 40 c heat... if I never experience that again I'll be a happy chap.

I blagged a couple of days off work when the forecast was confirmed, packed my car sharpish and drove to near Land's End (Pendeen for those who know the area) as it was 'only' supposed to get up to 22 c ish there.

Sitting outside a pub with Ms Faust (she also hates the heat) in the evening and I had to put a fleece on as it was a bit cold. Excellent stuff. Sadly, the forecast was not accurate and it got up to the mid 30s C the next day. Not good weather to walk 13 miles or so along the coast path. Had a few pints that night to re-hydrate, believe me.

I suppose if you're on holiday and chilling by the pool then high temps are all fine and dandy... but if you have to work in it? Not so much.

I've got a mate who is a roofer (ex Para so pretty tough)... he said his job was basically unbearable in those temps.

[CivicDuties]

Puggit said:

I missed the 40 degrees as I was enjoying 36 degrees in Corfu

Yeah me too, I was in Montenegro at 33 deg C! Came home the next week to find some plants in my garden utterly burnt back from having been in the full sun. 3 rhododendron plants killed stone dead.

[mooseracer]

CivicDuties said:

Puggit said:

I missed the 40 degrees as I was enjoying 36 degrees in Corfu

Yeah me too, I was in Montenegro at 33 deg C! Came home the next week to find some plants in my garden utterly burnt back from having been in the full sun. 3 rhododendron plants killed stone dead.

Me 3 as was in Cyprus shivering in mid 30s

[spikeyhead]

Puggit said:

I missed the 40 degrees as I was enjoying 36 degrees in Corfu

I moved house

[Scabutz]

I remember the 40 degree day. Everything was bone dry and like tinder. Then a fence caught fire over the road and took out 3 houses and the kids nursery.

[Dog Star]

Timothy Bucktu said:

I have an announcement.
Spring has now officially sprung because I got a bit sunburnt yesterday!

Unsurprisingly it’s just rained here. Non. fking. Stop.

[RicksAlfas]

Dog Star said:

Unsurprisingly it’s just rained here. Non. fking. Stop.

Didn't you get some decent bits over the weekend? Saturday was pretty good.
Yesterday morning was nice. I had my elevenses sat outside a cafe in Hebden Bridge.

[Puggit]

Thanks to high pressure in the south, the weekend is looking good. Of course, if high pressure is south of the UK, there'll be areas in the north on the boundary that could get washed out.

Oh well